The Men's 5K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

rightThe 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3-8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir river in the city center....

was swum on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain

Seville

Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

. It was the fourth event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and second of two events on May 6 (the other being the Women's 5K race

2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K

The Women's 5K swimming race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the third event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on May 6 .The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in...

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The race began at 12:30 p.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River

Guadalquivir

The Guadalquivir is the fifth longest river in the Iberian peninsula and the second longest river to be its whole length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers...

 in the city center. 38 males were entered in the event, of which 33 swam.

The 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.

Results

All times in minutes:seconds (mm:ss.s) or hour:minutes:second (h:mm:ss.s).

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...	Germany	54:57.3
2	Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water...	Russia	54:58.8
3	Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden is a Dutch long distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar.Van der Weijden was known as a promising swimming talent in his youth, becoming Dutch national champion at the 1500 m freestyle , 400 m freestyle and 5 km open water...	Netherlands	54:59.8
4	Chad La Tourette	United States	55:04.5
5	Christian Hein	Germany	55:04.6
6	Jose Francisco Hervas	Spain	55:05.4
7	Diego Nogueira	Spain	55:06.4
8	Evgeny Drattsev	Russia	55:07.0
9	Alex Schelvis	Netherlands	55:07.4
10	Jarrod Ballem	Canada	55:11.4
11	Nicola Bolzonello	Italy	55:17.5
12	Josh Santacaterina Josh Santacaterina Josh Santacaterina is a World Champion open water swimmer from Australia. At the 2006 Open Water Worlds, he won the Men's 25 km race.He has swum for Australia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007...	Australia	55:19.0
13	Andrea Righi Andrea Righi Andrea Righi is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who was a specialist in the long-distance events. He is best known for winning three medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.-References:...	Italy	55:20.2
14	Jakub Fichtl	Czech Republic	55:20.7
15	Josef Kinderwater	United States	55:21.0
16	Andrew Beato	Australia	55:24.4
17	Loic Branda	Early Modern France	55:25.8
18	Luiz Lima Luiz Lima Luiz Eduardo Carneiro da Silva de Souza Lima is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1997 Universiade.-References:*...	Brazil	55:27.3
19	Philippe Dubreuil	Canada	55:32.1
20	Daniel Fogg Daniel Fogg Daniel Fogg is a British professional swimmer, specialising in at 1500 metres and Open water swimming.-Early career:...	United Kingdom	55:36.3
21	Csaba Gercsak Csaba Gercsák Csaba Gercsák is a Hungarian long-distance swimmer and Olympic participant, who won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in the 25 km open water event.-External links:* *...	Hungary	55:50.3
22	Konstyantyn Ukradyga	Ukraine	58:00.7
23	Aljaz Ojstersek	Slovenia	58:08.7
24	James Faure	South Africa	58:20.1
25	Daniel Viegas	Portugal	58:38.7
26	Fabio Alves Lima	Brazil	58:41.8
27	Yvan Hernandez	Venezuela	58:46.2
28	Martin Andres Clement	Argentina	58:48.8
29	Jan Posmourny	Czech Republic	58:50.2
30	Johndry Segovia	Venezuela	1:01:03.4
31	HU Di	Mainland China	1:01:03.6
32	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	1:01:21.6
--	XU Wenchao	Mainland China	DQ
--	Mazen Aziz	Egypt	DNS
--	Gianniotis Spyridon	Greece	DNS
--	Chad Ho	South Africa	DNS
--	Gilles Rondy Gilles Rondy Gilles Rondy is an Olympic and European Champion swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, and won the 2006 European Championships in the 25 km open water event....	Early Modern France	DNS
--	Mohamed El Zanaty	Egypt	DNS

See also

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 5 km
• Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 5 km
  Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 5 km
  The Men's 5K race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Tuesday, 21 July at Ostia Beach in Rome, Italy. In total, 41 males from 24 countries competed in the race....